﻿This file 08_ReadMe_2024_MIT_Libraries_Conservation_Pictograms_no_supplies_stored_in_collections_areas.txt was generated on 2024-03-24 by JANA DAMBROGIO and Caroline Chea.


GENERAL INFORMATION


1. Title of Dataset:
"08_Pictogram_no_supplies_stored_in_collections_areas", https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/conservationpictograms, Harvard Dataverse.


2. Caption:
Pictogram: Do not store supplies in collection areas or store collections on high shelves


3. Alt text:
The image is of a person's right arm trying to reach out two boxes stored on the higher shelf. On the lower shelf, there are two boxes. A box on the front has a lid on, and behind it, a box with top flaps open reads "Empty Boxes" on its side. There is a magenta circle surrounding the image with a diagonal line through the center indicating that storing supplies such as empty boxes with collection is prohibited. Also, do not store collections on high shelves that may be difficult to reach.


4. Author Information
    A. Principal Investigators Contact Information
        Name: Wunsch Conservation Laboratory Staff
        Department of Distinctive Collections 
        Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        Email: conservationlab@mit.edu        
        
5. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date):
2020–2024.


6. Geographic location of data collection:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.


7. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data:
The Massachusetts Institute of Technologies Libraries.




SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION


1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data:
Copyright © 2021-01-28 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License except where otherwise noted.


2. Links to publications that cite or use the data:
Informational video, “MITLibraries' Conservation Pictograms (2021), MP4” 
YouTube URL https://youtu.be/OSFVz2RsDjQ


3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data:
N/A.


4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets:
N/A.


5. Was data derived from another source?
No.


6. Recommended citation for this dataset:
Dambrogio, Jana; Letizia, Ayako; Araya, Nicole; Chea, Caroline; Wunsch Conservation Lab Staff, "MIT Libraries' Conservation Pictograms: Do not store supplies in collection areas or store collections on high shelves (2021)", https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/conservationpictograms, Harvard Dataverse.


DATA & FILE OVERVIEW


1. File/Dataset List: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/UIIZSC
* File. 08_Pictogram_no_supplies_stored_in_collections_areas.png 
* File. 08_Pictogram_no_supplies_stored_in_collections_areas_PDF_accessible.pdf
*File. 08_ReadMe_MIT_Libraries_Conservation_Pictograms_no_supplies_stored_in_collections_areas.txt
*File. (this document) 08_ReadMe_2024_MIT_Libraries_Conservation_Pictograms_no_supplies_stored_in_collections_areas.txt


2. Relationship between files, if important:
Each pictogram can be found in a dataset that contains the following files:
* A PNG file 
* and accessible PDF-accessible file contains a caption for the pictogram in the PNG file
* A readme file (s).


3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package:
"MIT Libraries' Conservation Pictograms (2021) MP4" is a video 1 minute and 52 seconds long. The video shows the 13 pictograms. The video can be streamed at YouTube URL https://youtu.be/OSFVz2RsDjQ


4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset?
Yes. In 2024, we updated the README files for data sets 1–13 (published in 2021) when we uploaded the additional pictograms 14–27. All ReadMe files now include a caption, alt text, quality assurance procedures performed, notification that multiple versions of the Readme exist, a complete list of people involved, style guide vision-accessible values for magenta and blue hues used in the pictograms, and acknowledgments.




METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION


1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data:
These pictograms were developed and designed as an accessible method to communicate safe, standardized practices for working with MIT Libraries collections. MIT Libraries’ Wunsch Conservation Lab presents a growing collection of freely available and downloadable pictograms (icons) that illustrate best practices when working with collections in cultural heritage institutions such as Libraries, Archives, and Museums. Each pictogram is available as PNGs and PDF-accessible files. 


2. Methods for processing the data:
N/A.


3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data:
N/A.


4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate:
N/A.


5. Environmental/experimental conditions:
N/A.


6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data:
* The team used Adobe Acrobat Accessibility and “Use guided actions” (formerly action wizard), tools to pass a series of tests to verify that the PDF documents pass as accessible PDFs 
* The team met with MITs Accessibility Office to review a selection of our files and check the accessibility of the documentation. 


7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission:
Illustrations created by Nicole Araya and Jana Dambrogio.
Video produced, directed, and vector drawings created by Nicole Araya, Jana Dambrogio, Wunsch Conservation Laboratory staff.
Videos edited by Jana Dambrogio and Nicole Araya.
ReadME files edited by Jana Dambrogio and Caroline Chea.
Contributors include: Bergemann, Laura; Hardman, Emilie; Letizia, Ayako, Pellecchia, Jennifer, 2021; Westling, Emma, 2022; and Huber, Terra; Zhang, Cindy, 2023.


8. STYLE GUIDE – TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Vision-accessible color values
* EC008C – magenta
* 00AEEF – blue


9. Acknowledgments
Thank you to the Accessibility office at MIT, especially Kate Quinn, Mary Ziegler, and Rich Caloggero, Harvard Dataverse Staff. .